Ice-cream disher



ICE CREAM DISHER Fil ed OCT.. 11, 1930 Mme-N701? 1.7026 Era in M541: 5,f

Patented Jan. 13, 1931 i unrren STATES :rosnrn sanznv, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGnoR- T0 PHILA ELPHIA ICE oREAM CONE MACHINERYCOMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA; "PENNSYLVANIA, A 1 V CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA ICE-GREAM'DISHER Application-filed October 11, 19:30.- seria1jii 4e7,9e5t

My invention relates to an improvement in dishers for ice cream such asare generally used for dishing a portion of ice cream from a supplythereof, as in the serving of ice 5 cream as such or for its inclusionin soda waters, ice cream cones, and the like. -More particularly thedevice in accordance with 7 my invention is of the type provided withmeans for enabling ready ejection of the 7 9 ice cream from the bowl orscoop by which it is removed from the supply.

Heretofore dlshers for ice cream have been variously constructed and ingeneral have been open to various objections, chiefly in 5 that they arediflicult to manipulate.

The device in accordance with my invention is simple in construction andmay be efiiciently operated with a minimum of efin the handle and scoopat a point opposite the bearing in the scoop of the trunnion d.

fort. At the same time, its various parts 6 may be readily disassembledand assembled for thorough cleaning and the parts are so arranged as toinsure continuity of efficient operation and to enable the parts to benormally maintained desirably clean.

5 Having indicated in a general way the nature and purpose of myinvention' l will proceed to a detailed description thereof withreference to the accompanying drawings in which a preferred embodimenthas been illustrated and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a side View of the device shown in Figure 1, partly insectionyand with the handle partly broken away.

In the drawings it indicates a handle to one end of which is secured ascoop or bowl I) of desired size to accommodate a desired portion of icecream. 0 indicates a scraper or ejector of the usual typepositionedwithin the scoop. One end of the scraper is ivotally connectedto the scoop by means of a trunnion (Z, while the other end is connectedto the end of a shaft 6, whichbears The shaft 6 extends longitudinallyof the handle. and its end opposite to that connected with the scraperis mounted in bearings f, f-

Piv'otally mounted on handle neaththe shaft 6 is a rack "member 9; the,

rackengaging with apinion h carried by the shaft and desirablypositioned-between the bearings f, Pivoted to the handle is a fingerpiecez, which is connected to the.

racksmembe-r fg through the medium of a slot and pin connection;Desirably the rack member is provided with a slot y" enlarged at one'end fo'r the reception oft-pin Z0, carried by the finger pieceandprovided with a head Z.

A coil spring m is positioned about the pivot a connecting the fingerpiecewith the handle,one end of the, spring being connected tot-hehandle and the other. endbeing connected-to the finger piece insuchmanner that the fingerpiece will be operated from normal positionagainst the tension of the springand returned-by operationv of thespring. ;The operation of'the disher' in accordance with my inventionwill," it' is believed,1be; clear, ,it obeing noted that on operationof, the finger piece the rack is rotated on its pivot, in turn rotatingthe pinion 7e. and shaft e, causing the scraper to sweepfthrough' thescoop or bowl, freeing ice cream contained therein enabling the icecream tobe droppedoutQ.

" It will be noted that by virtue of the .slot. i

and pin connection between the finger piece and the rack member thedifference jin angularity of the rmovement of the fingerfipiece andrackjmember is compensated for by slidlng ofthe pin in the slot. Hence, ma-

'nipulation' ofthe rack by the finger piece is not onlyefficient, but isaccomplished with substantially no effort other than that necessary toovercome the tension of spring m,

since the connection between the finger piece and rack member cannotbind. It will be noted that the movement of the rack member'in eitherdirection is stopped due to the extension of one ofthe bearing members fthrough a slot ovformed in the rack member.

. It will be understood that while the essential feature of myinve'ntionresides in'the provision .of a slot and pin connection betweenthe finger piece and rack member, I.

contemplate as within the scope. of my invention the structure describedas a whole.

which, however, it will, of-course, be appreciated maybe variouslymodified without departing fromniy invention.

" 1 I claim and desire to protect by Letters'Pa'tent is r s I V 1. Anice cream disher including,--in-combi le e ra han e; a as o p; r e ureiltocthe-y s h nd-1 asha mq eclr @1 1 t han le, a: scraper secured tothe shaft and positioned within the scoop, a finger piece pivotally Vmounted on the handle, a rack pi-yotal'lypw mounted on the handle, a,pinion on the shaft engaging the rack and-means fdi'in-i' u ingasliding connection between the 'finger piece and theirack. v '2..1An ice creain'dishei' including, in com} bination, a handle, ai'sco'opsecured' to' the handle," a shaft mounted on the handle, a

scrapersecured to the shaft and positioned within the scoop, a"fingerpiecejpiyotally mounted on the handle, a spring engaged with the handleand with the finger piece, a rack pivotal'ly ir'lounted on the handle, a25 pinion onthe shaft'engaging the rack and means forining a' slidingconnection between the finger piecerand the rack.

An ice crea n idisher including, incorns 'bination', a handle ascoopsecured 1:0 the to handle, ajshaftinounted on thevhandle, ascrap'ersecured to the shaft andpositioned within the scoop, a finger(piece, 'pivotally mounted Q11 the h ndle a rack' pivotally inounted onthe, handlefafpini'onfonthe 33 shaft engaging the rack anda-slot, and.pin

, connection between thefingenpie'cefand the rack. i ice cream disherincluding, incomf bination, a handle, ascoop secured to the handle, ashaft mounted, on the handle, a

scraper secured to the shaft and positioned within 'thes'eo'op, a fingerpiece pivotally mounted on the handle, a rack pivbta'lly mounted onthejhandle, a pinion'l'on the '18 shaft engaging thera'ek, a slotenlarged at one end formed in the rack and a pin having an enlarged endcarried hy'thefinger piece andadaptedto engage in saidsl'ot,

- In" testimony of which invention, I ha'vei I st hereunto set, my hand,sis-Philade ph a,

4 -7 L-"m fl Y of October, 1 9301; a a PH BBEZ M

